Kyrgyzstan protests spread to capital, Bishkek

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Source: BBC News

Opposition supporters are staging demonstrations in Kyrgyzstan to protest against rising fuel prices and what they see as official corruption.

Police in the capital, Bishkek, fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of protesters outside the main opposition headquarters, reports say.

The unrest comes a day after thousands of people stormed government offices in the north-west city of Talas.

They were calling for the resignation of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8606504.stm

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EU shares doubts about Kyrgyzstan elections

EU shares doubts about Kyrgyzstan electionsStockholm - The Swedish presidency of the European Union Friday said it shared concerns about the fairness of the presidential election in Kyrgyzstan that were raised by international election monitors.

Echoing the views raised by the election monitoring mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the EU statement said the "presidential elections failed to meet key OSCE commitments for democratic elections, including the commitment to maintain a clear separation between the ruling party and the state."

The EU statement was issued by Sweden, which July 1 assumed the rotating presidency of the 27-nation bloc.

Concerns included "evidence of ballot box stuffing, inaccuracies in the voter lists and some evidence of multiple voting," the statement said about Thursday's voting.

http://www.topnews.in/eu-shares-doubts-about-kyrgyzstan-elections-2193282